High office suits George Osborne; on Tuesday we will get an idea of whether he suits his office. His first six weeks have vindicated those who believed Mr Osborne would come into his own once inside t...
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1. The BP oil spill. It's much, much, MUCH worse than we think. I personally have no sympathy whatsoever for BP. No Big Oil company has been more assiduous in sucking up to ecotards, bigging up the "a...
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George Osborne has spent some of this afternoon quietly meeting new-intake Conservative MPs in the House of Commons. A routine meeting, I'm sure. And certainly nothing to do with jitters among the new...
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Another day, another divergence of opinion among Coalition partners about capital gains tax. Only today, the difference is between members of the same party, the Liberal Democrats. CGT fans will remem...
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The Coalition has emerged from a difficult weekend without David Laws, but carries on. The crisis in Israel gives the BBC something to get exercised about, while Mr Cameron's initiative on Whitehall t...
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